Nutritional Importance of Animal Source Foods

Animal Source Foods and Adolescent Nutrition

The importance of milk and other animal-source foods for children in low-income countries.

BACKGROUND Milk and other animal-source foods are concentrated dietary sources of macro- and micronutrients. Despite a global increase in milk production and consumption over the past decades, milk and other animal-source foods are often lacking in the diets of children in developing countries. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the importance of milk and other animal-source food intake in promoting the g...

Sinclair Him. the Human Nutritional Advantages of Plant Foods over Animal Foods. Qualitat the Spleen Preserved

way an adequate fibre intake is achieved in a variety of forms without difficulty. Fifteen years on, the fibre hypothesis has survived. In the short term, colonic function may be modified and symptoms, particularly constipation, relieved. Gastrointestinal absorption may be controlled and some metabolic disorders stabilised. Yet the long term benefits from prophylactic use of high fibre diets ar...

Fungal Contamination of Feed Material Manufactured in Iran with Emphasis on Its Importance in Safety of Animal Origin Foods

Background: Mycotoxins are a group of structurally diverse substances produced by a wide range of moulds. These fungal secondary metabolites, whose presence in feed is unavoidable, can impose hazards to human and animal health. Continuous concern about potential effects of mycotoxins in the human diet has led to an increasing interest in researches about fungi and mycotoxin production. The aim ...

Is the Inclusion of Animal Source Foods in Fortified Blended Foods Justified?

Fortified blended foods (FBF) are used for the prevention and treatment of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) in nutritionally vulnerable individuals, particularly children. A recent review of FBF recommended the addition of animal source food (ASF) in the form of whey protein concentrate (WPC), especially to corn-soy blends. The justification for this recommendation includes the potential of AS...